All required readings you submit to the bookstore are automatically purchased by the library and added to Course Readings for your course.Only non-required items need to be submitted for Course Readings through the form below.

Submitting Items for Course Readings (Reserves)

Fill out the following form to have materials pulled and placed on Course Readings. Personal copies may be dropped off at the Main Services Desk or sent through campus mail: Attention – User Services Course Readings

Personal copies: We will place personal copies of books and other materials on course readings. These items will be available in our Course Readings Area where students can easily access them. We may place a barcode and other identifying labels on a book; the library is not responsible for lost or damaged items. Students may use these items quite heavily; we cannot guarantee their condition when they are returned to you.

Processing Time for Course Reserve Materials

Materials will be processed within 24-48 hours once received. Required readings submitted to the bookstore are processed as soon as they arrive. The sooner faculty submit their required readings to the bookstore, the sooner the library can make them accessible to your students.

At the start of the semester (2 weeks before and after classes begin) processing time may take a day or two longer.

Reserve Policy Statement

By placing items on reserve for your students, you assume responsibility for the copyright/fair use evaluation of all materials before submitting them to the library for processing.

Due to the limited space available for reserves, the library cannot provide long-term storage of books or readings. Books and readings are removed from reserves and returned to the stacks or the professor at the end of each semester.

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